On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 09:41, Dave Neary <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyway - in the past, GUADEC has had a registration fee - it's been €30, > £30, and €50. Last year, there wasn't one, but there were no free > conference Tees either. So if you're saying that GUADEC should work the > way it has in the past, I answer "Yes, absolutely, with a registration fee".
Yes a registration fee is fine, 30€ or 50€ would be fine (especially with 50% discount for fondation members like in the past, which is a nice way to thank for their contributions), 100 is too much for many people and I don't plan to pay this. If I attend I'll probably go for the 0 and make a donation of 30 or 40€ and from what I heard I'm not the only one thinking this. Being employed does not mean that you have 100 euros left at the end of the month and attending GUADEC is already a big expense without registration fee. In my opinion the issue is not to have a registration fee but the amount. If I remember correctly in Istanbul it was 15€ for students, 45€ for normal and 200 for professional with 50% for members. I think this was a nice scheme and would still be a small increase, but jumping from 22.5 to 100 is a huge difference which will make many people select the 0 I'm afraid. If the 50% discount for foundation members was back, the amount would be more reasonable (50€ is something which many people would accept to pay) but I did not see it mentioned anywhere in this discussion while it was in my opinion the usual way to "thank for the code". _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
